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Grace period introduced by the Digital Omnibus on AI (Reg. 2026/1744) for systems placed on the market before 2026-08-02; the new prohibition was also added by the Omnibus
Providers of generative AI products released before August 2026 that have not yet implemented watermarking; any business deploying image or video generators.
Any platform that organises work performed by individuals through an app or website (delivery, ride-hailing, cleaning, freelance marketplaces), including small platforms; only Italy and Spain had draft laws by mid-2026.
24 months after the implementing regulations of 2024-11-28 (Art. 5a Reg. 2024/1183); the Commission communicates it as 'end of 2026'
No direct obligation on private businesses yet; companies dealing with public authorities and those doing KYC/onboarding should prepare to accept wallet-based identification.
All cloud, SaaS, PaaS and hosting providers serving EU customers; every business that buys cloud services benefits.
Receiving instant euro payments is mandatory for non-euro-area PSPs from 2027-01-09; sending and VoP from 2027-07-09
Banks and payment institutions in non-euro Member States; businesses in Poland, Sweden, Czechia, Hungary, Denmark, Romania and Bulgaria paying or receiving euros.
Postponed from 2026-08-02 by the Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (OJ 2026-07-24, in force 2026-07-27)
Companies building such AI systems, and any employer or lender that uses them (deployer duties), regardless of size. SMEs get simplified documentation templates.
Any business that places products on the EU market or exports from it — manufacturers, importers and distributors of any size — with the highest practical exposure for importers sourcing from regions or sectors with documented forced-labour risk.
Placeholder – no application date exists. Commission proposal COM(2023) 533 remains open: Parliament adopted its position in April 2024, but the file is classified 'Blocked' by the European Parliament's Legislative Train Schedule (no Council progress for 9+ months, as of Aug 2026) and 'Ongoing' by the EUR-Lex procedure tracker — not withdrawn, despite some secondary sources claiming so. Existing Directive 2011/7/EU (60-day default) continues to apply.
All businesses, especially SMEs supplying larger customers on long payment terms.
Every VAT-registered business that sells goods or services to businesses in other EU countries, whatever its size.
Businesses operating in several EU countries with different national e-invoicing regimes.
Kept at 2026-08-02 by the Digital Omnibus on AI; only the marking/detection duty for systems already on the market before this date is deferred to 2026-12-02
Any company that offers a customer-facing chatbot, generates synthetic media or text for the public, or uses emotion recognition or biometric categorisation.
Directive (EU) 2023/970, Arts. 5 and 7 (transposition deadline: Art. 34). These baseline duties carry no employer-size threshold, unlike Art. 9's gender-pay-gap-report duty, which only binds employers with 100+ staff (see pay-transparency-first-gender-pay-gap-report).
Every employer with at least one worker in an EU country, including micro and small companies — unlike the gender-pay-gap-reporting duty, these baseline duties are not limited to larger employers.
Banks and payment institutions directly; every business that pays or gets paid by bank transfer is affected because payments with a name/IBAN mismatch now trigger warnings and may be delayed.
In force since 2025-02-02; the Digital Omnibus on AI (Reg. 2026/1744, in force 2026-07-27) softened Art. 4 to a duty to support AI literacy rather than guarantee it
Any business that develops or uses AI systems in the EU, including ordinary firms using AI chatbots, recruiting tools or analytics.
Directive (EU) 2022/2041, Art. 17(1) transposition deadline. On 2025-11-11 the Court of Justice (Case C-19/23, Denmark v Parliament and Council) annulled Art. 5(2) and part of Art. 5(3) — the mandatory adequacy-reference criteria and the no-decrease rule for automatic indexation — as exceeding EU competence over pay under Art. 153(5) TFEU. Arts. 4, 5(1), 5(4)-(6) and 6 remain valid.
Not a direct compliance duty for individual companies; relevant background for any business affected by a national statutory minimum wage or by collective-bargaining coverage rules, and for anyone relying on the Directive's adequacy criteria as settled law after the partial annulment.
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